Sign.



`No`. 652,10I. Patented June I9, |900.

N. GDLDBERG.

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1i 'on filed Mar. 1, 1899 (No Mudd.)

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i .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

NATHAN GOLDBERG, OF WYNNEWGOD, INDIAN TERRITORY.

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SPECIFICATION formn'g'part 'of' Letters Patent No.' 652,101, dates .rune 19,1900. f

Application filed March l, 1899. Serial No. 707,329. (No'model.)

Be it known that I, NATHAN GOLDBERG, v a citizen of the United States, residing at Wynnewood, in the county of Chickasaw, Indian Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signs; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in advertising-signs, but more particularly to those adapted to be secured to the Wires of wire fences which adjoin public highways or separate farms, &c., to conspicuously present warnings or intelligence of any desired character; and it has forits object primarily to provide a sign that can be readily secured to the wires of a fence and readily detached therefrom without injury to the sign or the means for attaching it'l A further object is to provide a simple, cheap, and durable device i of the character set forth and possessing other advantages the following description;

In the drawings, Figure l represents a section of a fence with my improved-sign attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sign looking at the rear side thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modication of my invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the modification, taken on the line :roo of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the sign or plate, which may be of any suitable material, but preferably of tin.

In carrying out my invention I rigidly secure near the upper edge of the plate the upper end of a spring-arm 2, which is sharply. curved and extends downwardly across the rear side of the sign and occupies the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, when the sign is detached from the fence. The lower free end of this spring-arm in., attaching the device to the wires of the fence is adapted to pass between the inclined converging plates 3, which are integral with and form a part of a catch 4, formed of spring metal, and which in case of tin being the material of which the sign is made is soldered thereon in position to receive the spring-arm 2. When the arm is pressed between the plates 3, it causes them to separate for a sufcient distance to permit the said arm to enter, when they will resume their normal positions by reason of their resiliency and effectually prevent the escape of the arm.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings the spring-catch remains the same as that illustrated in Figs. l and 2; but the arm 2 is hinged, as indicated by the numeral 5, and extends downwardlyin position to pass between the plates 3 of the catch, below lwhich in the present instance I provide a short leaf-spring 6, exerting its force upwardly against the lower end of the arm and causing said arm to press with considerable force against the edges of the plates 3, with a tendency to close the narrow opening between them.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in Figs. l and 2, as thisform would be somewhat cheaper than the modification; but both forms are convenient and would accom- .plish the object for which they are designed. that will become apparent in the course of f .The number of spring arms and catches will be determined by the length of the sign, and I do not therefore limit myself in this particular, for while two are shownanjy desirable number may be used. The device may be hung upon one strand of wire, with its lower side free, or where the strands of wire are close enough together the arms may embrace a plurality of wires.

When the device is made of wood, the spring-catches will be secured thereto by means of screws or their equivalents, and the upper ends of the spring-arms will be similarly secured to the plate.

What I claim is- 1. In an advertising-sign, the combination with the wire or Wires of a wire fence, of a suitable plate having spring-arms secured thereto and extending across the rear side thereof, and spring-catches secured to the rear side of said plate and adapted tobe e11- gaged by the spring-arms when the same are pressed inward toward theplate, Ysaid catches being formed of single pieces of spring metal having platesf3 VintegralV therewith, 'andhaving their free converging ends abutting and adapted to be separated by the said arms in IOO spring metal having plates 3 integral there- Y with and having their free converging ends abutting and adapted to be separated by the passage of said arms -in their movement toward the plate, and means exerting an up- Ward force on the arms to keep them rmly seated in the catches, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NATI-IAN GOLDBERG. Witnesses:

L. BRANDT, JOHN C. ROBERTS. 

